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Stunt driver argues he was only doing 98 on 401; cops say it was miles per hour

A Cornwall man was charged by the Ontario Provincial Police after confusing miles-per-hour and kilometres-per-hour on Highway 401.

The OPP said in a news release that on Sunday morning at about 2:40 a.m. officers on patrol caught a westbound vehicle traveling 159 km/hr. Pulling the vehicle over in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township, the officer found the argumentative driver disagreed.

The driver said that there was no way he was speeding because he was driving 98. That’s 98 m/hr, which is 159 km/hr.

The 40-year-old man was charged with stunt driving and his license was suspended. His vehicle was towed and impounded for seven days.